Product Review - Genius Platform System by Lifestyle crafts

Hey there bloggies, I have been asked by some of my blogging friends if I would please do a review of the lifestyle Crafts Genius Platform System

I figured it would be great to do a review and to try out this product that has gotten much buzz over the past few months. Please know that everything in this post if strictly my opinion and is not the views of anyone else. 

I contacted Lifestyle Crafts and they welcomed the idea and sent me a platform out that same day for free so that I could try it out and do my review. I thought that was so awesome of them and shows how excited they are about this product. 

So for starters, This system comes with three plates, A, B and the platform plate. You also get a free set of cutting dies, all pictured here.

These plates differ from the Sizzix plates because the A and B plates are forgiving and almost "self healing" so as you can see in the picture the thinner B plate will bend easily but will flatten right back out. 

There also are instructions on the back of the box that says what each pad is for and the combos to use to cut

One thing that I noticed is that you need two B platforms and it only comes with one, so you will have to buy another platform in order to do the B + B combos. I'm not sure why they did that, maybe to keep costs down?

The platform of this system is magnetic, which I totally love, no more worries that your thin dies are going to move! I love it!! This is a photo of my dies on the platform and the platform is sitting up, very clever.

I have used the Sizzix Big Shot for all of the demos here.

For starters I began with the platform plus mat A combo

I used the following dies for this trial...

Quickcutz

Spellbinders

Lifestyle Crafts

Memory Box

Sizzix

The dies were all thin, flat type of dies, just different brands.

The cutting system worked great. It cut all the dies perfectly with the exception of the Memory Box die. That is a die I have had trouble with previously so I decided to try out another Memory Box die and run it through again.

It worked perfectly..

Next I used the B matt and Platform combos with the following items, mostly embossing folders (various brands) and Embosslits by Sizzix and Provocraft Cuttlebug Die 

All these items went through perfectly and I had no issues with them.

I also wanted to try the Vintage folder with the metal Vintage pieces with this combo to see how it worked. You can see my results below

As you can see it did emboss the metal lightly.

Lastly I worked with the B + B, but since I only have one B plate I used my existing B Sizzix plastic plate to partner with the Genius plate. I tried this combo with all items below

It even worked fine with the movers and shapers dies.

I also wanted to try it out with movers and shapers dies that require the Sizzix Crease pad, this combo requires the B plate and the movers and shapers tray and then the crease pad on top. It worked beautifully

Lastly I wanted to try the Sizzix Pop and Cuts Die

It worked just fine and the genius system cut it perfectly.

All in all, I think this system is a great replacement for your current plastic plates. No more cracking, bending and warping. This is really easy to use and so far I haven't found anything that I cannot cut with just this system, very easy and simple. 

You can trade in all of these:

For this:

Please NOTE: This system does not work with the smaller green Cuttlebug pictured here, the opening of the Cuttlebug is too small.

I would definitely recommend this system to anyone who asks, its easy and simple to use and I love the matts and platform. I will be buying another B plate to use with my system. It retails for about 49.99 but you will not have to replace it like you would the Sizzix plates, not to mention after you purchase the different sizzix plates that you need, you've already spent well over that amount..Me alone, I have four different sets of sizzix plates.

 I can see this Genius system lasting me forever. 

Thanks for coming by, here is a link if you would like to check it out...
Added Bonus - use the code CACorner for a 20% discount

GENIUS PLATFORM SYSTEM